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praising the Castlemartin variety. At Liverpool, 1877, both 
North and South Wales sent their breeds in great strength, 
quality as well as number considered. It was an extraordinary 
Show, and the Judges in their report pointed out the difficulty 
they had in deciding between cattle of such totally different 
types, and recommended separate Classes for the two varieties at 
future Shows. The prizes were given by a local committee. In 
the following year the Show was held at Bristol, and prizes were 
offered for Welsh cattle by noblemen and gentlemen residing in 
Wales, but the recommendation of the Liverpool Judges, to 
separate the breeds, was not carried out. The Judges at Bristol 
did not refer to difference of type, nor to any difficulty in 
judging beyond that arising from the thorough excellence of the 
Class of nine cows, which they described as " magnificent." The 
extraordinary merit of the First Prize two-year-old heifer was 
specially noticed in their report, and the wonderful size of the 
yearling heifers mentioned as an indication of what may be done 
by means of early generous treatment. The Judges noted " a 
marked impi'ovement " generally upon the Liverpool Show. 
The Kilburn International Show, 1879, although held so far 
from Wales, was rich in Welsh cattle, but from that year we 
have a four years' hiatus. Reappearing at York, 1883, the 
Welsh Classes contained only eight entries, but all good animals. 
The prestige of the breed, however, on that occasion, rested 
upon the contributions of two exhibitors, the Earl of Cawdor 
and Lord Harlech. From that year the Welsh breeds have 
been more extensively supported at the Shows. At Shrewsbury, 
1884, many breeders exhibited, the black breeds gathered in 
great force, and the several types of Anglesea, Pembrokeshire, 
and Montgomeryshire were duly represented. So near their 
home, the Welsh cattle could scarcely fail to form a strong section 
of the exhibition. More significant of their progress is the fact 
that at subsequent Shows held in various and distant parts of 
England, they have most creditably asserted themselves. At 
Preston, in 1885, twenty-seven animals, composing five Classes, 
entered the ring, the same breeds as at Shrewsbury being well 
represented. The Classes at Norwich, 1886, were well filled, 
and only one was weak in merit. At Newcastle, indeed, they 
were missed, but their welcome reappearance at Nottingham last 
year, comprising animals of the highest order of merit, indicated 
both an increased general interest in the breeds of Wales, and a 
lively interest, in particular, on the part of owners to whom 
pecuniary profit is comparatively unimportant — whose generous 
object is to develop, and, through the instrumentality of the 
Royal Agricultural Society of England, to bring into more 
